Book ID: 49239
Lebot, Vincent, Mark MErlin and Lamont Lindstrom
KAVA. The Pacific Drug 1992. illus. 255 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
Contents (chapter headings): Introduction/ Botany: Morphology, Biogeography, and Origins of the Species/ Chemistry: Active Principles and Their Effects/ Ethnobotany: Cultivation, Classification, Preparation and Medicinal Use/ Anthropology: The Cultural Significance and Social Uses of Kava/ Economics: Kava as a Cash Crop/ Kava: A World Drug?/ Appendices/ Bibliography/ Index.